Let old Salty tell you landlubbers why four is better than one. Many years ago now, I was a Propulsion Plant Watch Officer in the biggest nuclear power complex in the world. Then, and maybe still today: USS Enterprise sported eight (count 'em, eight) nuclear reactors. Four screws (26-foot diameter propellers, for all ye landlubbers). Longest shaft at ov…
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